CTVNews.ca takes an in-depth look at the proposed legislation to ban the wearing of religious symbols by some public-sector workers in Quebec.
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Quebec Premier Francois Legault promised to deliver a religious symbols ban in the run-up to last fall’s provincial election. Other positions covered by the ban would include the speaker and deputy speaker of the National Assembly, bankruptcy registrars, public inquiry commissioners, and members and commissioners of various public agencies.People who have their face covered because of “health or a handicap” may keep it covered when dealing with the public. The same applies to anyone normally subject to the bill who needs to cover their face as a requirement for performing their job or certain tasks within it.
This list is significantly broader than the one of people who would be subject to the religious-symbols ban. It includes all MNAs, elected municipal politicians and school boar commissioners, as well as all physicians, dentists and midwives practicing in publicly operated facilities, and anyone working at a government-subsidized home child-care centre.
Invoking the notwithstanding clause could prove particularly controversial, as it has only been used a handful of times in Canadian history.Legault’s CAQ party currently holds a significant majority in the National Assembly, meaning Bill 21’s passage is likely a formality.
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